Wednesday, January 21, 2009

A Rex Story

Once there was a boy named Rex. He was a very active boy, and because he liked to be on the move so much, it was very difficult to get him to sit still. He also really liked to watch movies. But when you are a very active boy sometimes you only like very active movies. According to Rex, unless it was an action movie, there is no reason to sit still and watch if you have already seen it before.
Well, one day Rex got sick. He was crabby and having trouble sleeping. He woke his mom up in the middle of the night and wanted to watch movies. Since his mom was a (really) good mom and she knew Rex pretty well, she knew he would not sit down for just any movie. She knew she had to find something that would keep Rex on the couch long enough to fall asleep.
This was a difficult task for Rex's mom. She knew he had watched all of the movies they owned lots of times. She also knew the ones he would want to watch again were not the ones she felt like watching again. So, she decided to get out some old Disney VHS tapes and show Rex some movies he had never seen before.
Rex's mom got out a handful of these tapes and let him pick from the stack, explaining a little about each one as he looked them over. Finally Rex chose one. It was called Bambi.
It turns out this movie had enough action in it to keep Rex watching. So much that he didn't fall asleep like his mom wanted. Instead he stayed up, watched the whole thing, and asked a bazillion questions about the film.
Turns out the "bad guys" in the movie are just normal guys hunting and being careless.
Turns out Rex is not a fan of hunting and being careless when it involves shooting someone's mom and setting an entire forest on fire.
Turns out Rex is not a big fan of Bambi because it has a different breed of action and violence.
Turns out Rex's mom is not as smart as she thinks she is sometimes.
Whoops.

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